Instagram will send a pop-up about opioid addiction support if you search certain hashtags

Instagram says people are using the platform’s hashtags to find addiction support and communities as well as illegal drugs. So, in response, the company is rolling out a pop-up today that’ll provide users with drug addiction resources if they search certain hashtags, like “opioid.” The pop-up reads: “If you or someone you know is struggling with opioid or substance misuse, find ways to get free and confidential treatment referrals, as well as information about substance abuse, prevention, and recovery.” The user can then opt to get support resources that Instagram developed with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,...

On March 18 one of Uber's self-driving cars killed a pedestrian, the first pedestrian fatality involving a self-driving car. As Uber prepares to return its cars to the roads, Business Insider spoke to current and former employees and viewed internal documents. These employees and documents described vast dysfunctionality in Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group, with rampant infighting and pressure to catch up to competitors, issues that these employees say continue to this day. Sources say engineers were pressured to "tune" the self-driving car for a smoother ride in preparation of a big, planned year-end demonstration of their progress. But that meant...

Sudan is one of the hottest countries on Earth. As winter sets in and temperatures begin to drop in the Northern Hemisphere, many people will start to dream about escaping from the cold. But there are quite a few countries around the world where summer blazes all year round. Ranked by their average annual temperatures, these are the 30 hottest countries on Earth. View As: One Page Slides

A homeless man tries to stay warm in Manhattan. A Zillow senior economist found that Amazon's second headquarters, known as HQ2, could add more than 800 homeless residents to New York City and more than a dozen to Washington, DC on an annual basis. Both cities already suffer from some of the worst homelessness crises in the country. Rising homelessness in Seattle — the site of Amazon's current headquarters — could presage what's to come in each HQ2 site. Amazon's HQ2 announcement has ignited a war of words between local politicians, residents, and media outlets. While many have touted the...

It is Saturday morning, and 10-year-old Henry Hailey is up at the crack of dawn. Still in PJs, his microphone-equipped headphones glowing blue in the dim basement, he fixates on the popular online game "Fortnite" on a large screen. "What?! Right as I was about to finish it, I died," he calls out disappointedly to his friend Gus, a fellow fifth-grader playing the game from his home just a few blocks away. "Dude, I should NOT have died." The digital battles resume, and Henry's enthusiasm never wanes. Would he play all day if his parents let him? "Probably," he concedes...

The International Space Station has received two cargo deliveries in a record 15 hours. A U.S. commercial shipment arrived Monday, two days after blasting off from Virginia. NASA Astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor used the space station's robot arm to grab Northrop Grumman's capsule. It's named after Apollo 16 moonwalker and the first space shuttle commander John Young, who died in January. The station's German commander, Alexander Gerst, tweeted, "Welcome aboard, S.S. John Young!" Ice cream and other fresh food are the first things coming out. On Sunday, a Russian supply ship brought a full load. NASA says it is the quickest...

The mushroom cloud from Ivy Mike rises above the Pacific Ocean over Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands, during the world's first test of a full scale thermonuclear device, on November 1, 1952. The United Nations has introduced a treaty that it believes will lead eventually to the total elimination of nuclear weapons. A recent watchdog report said that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is an historically significant effort that's gaining traction, which highlights the profound power imbalance between the few nuclear powers and many have-nots. "The rate of adherence to the TPNW is faster than...